Canadian athletes celebrate HBC bursary program

Team Canada athletes have been celebrating the announcement of the HBC bursary on social media.

The bursary provides $10,000 a year directly to 50 athletes, in a $2.5 million program to help with funding over the next five years (full list of bursary recipients here). Here are a few of the bursary winners who took to social media to show their appreciation:

Dustin Cook

Alpine skier Dustin Cook started making World Cup podiums during the 2014-15 season and quickly rose up the rankings. Although he was out for the 2015-16 season with a knee injury, Cook is ready to come back and begin training.